Element record MCC1046 - Roman tessellated pavement, Bowling Green, East Hill House, Colchester

Summary

Roman tessellated pavement, Bowling Green, East Hill House, recorded in 1907.

Location

Grid reference TM 00178 25151 (point)
Map sheet TM02NW
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Full Description

While levelling the meadow in February 1907 for the bowling-green, a large piece of red tessellated pavement was found.<1><2><3><4> During contractors excavations of a trench for a new day nursery in the grounds of East Hill House (ECC526), a disturbed tessellated pavement was recorded together with sandy clay loam and mortar patches 'suggesting that a building occupied most of the southern part of the excavated area'.<5>

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Article in serial: Unknown. 1907. Unknown. 4/2/1907. 4/2/1907.
  • <2> Article in serial: Unknown. 1907. Unknown. 1/2/1907. 1/2/1907.
  • <3> Monograph: Hull, M.R.. 1958. Roman Colchester: Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London. No. XX. Insula 40, No 44, p.218.
  • <4> Article in serial: Laver, Henry. 1906. Mosaic pavements in Colchester. T.E.A.S. Vol. ix, pages 84-1990. TEAS, x, 89.
  • <5> Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1992. CAR 6: Excavations at Culver Street, the Gilberd School, and other sites in Colchester 1971-85. 6. pp.375-378.

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Oct 12 2016 12:15PM

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